Unleash Your Inner Entrepreneur At The GSEA 2018

The EO Global Students Entrepreneurship Awards or GSEA is a prominent program that recognizes and supports student entrepreneurs. Organized by The Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) together with Spiralation, Startup Sri Lanka, AIESEC, Global Tutor and Tellida, the EO Global Student Entrepreneur Awards is essentially open to any student who is currently studying for his/her bachelor’s degree and is also running a business.

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Thus far, the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards is the only student entrepreneurship competition that gives access to a worldwide network of over 11,000 successful entrepreneurs. You can use it as a catalyst to inspire yourself as a student entrepreneur to start and grow your entrepreneurial journey.

Lessons learned from GSEA 2016/17

In a clash of entrepreneurial wits, we saw Adhisha Gammanpila go on to win the GSEA National Finals with his product, Gurupaara. Gurupaara, in case you were wondering, is a platform to find lectures and notes along with tutorials for students sitting for their GCE Advanced Level examinations.

The winner of the GSEA 2017 National Finals: Adhisha Gammanpila

Having emerged victorious at a National level, Adhisha went on to take part in the GSEA 2016/17 Global Finals which were held in Frankfurt, Germany.

Get Ready For GSEA 2017/18

Now the time has come for a new breed of entrepreneurs. Yes, that’s right. Applications for the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards for 2017/18 are now open. The deadline for applications is the 31st of January 2018 and the local competition will take place on the 8th of February 2018.

Now before you go into a panic and start throwing stuff at a wall, there are a few entry qualifications you need to possess in order to be eligible.

Applying for GSEA 2017/18

Firstly, you need to be enrolled in an undergraduate programme at a recognized college or university. If you already are, then congratulations. You’re one step closer. Next up, you will have to be owning and running your own for-profit business that has been operational for a minimum of 6 consecutive months. You should also not have been one of the top six finalists from any previous year’s GSEA Global Finals Competition. Lastly, you should be less than 35 years of age.

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If you have met all these requirements, then you’re ready to be a part of the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards. All you have to do is to click here to submit your application and you’re good to go.

Shortlisted applicants will be asked to do a presentation to a judging panel who will select the winner of the Sri Lankan competition who will then compete with the winners from over 50 countries in the GSEA Global Finals later this year.

Good luck to all those submitting their application and Godspeed to you all.

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Venture Frontier Lanka is bringing experts in entrepreneurship from around the country to cities throughout Sri Lanka to train local entrepreneurs to think differently about the ventures they will start.

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Venture Frontier Lanka is bringing experts in entrepreneurship from around the country to cities throughout Sri Lanka to train local entrepreneurs to think differently about the ventures they will start. A caravan stop consists of different sessions about creating unique ideas for startup ventures and strategies for financing those ideas.

Come join the sessions on the 19th of December, starting with 2 pm at Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology.
The event is free of charge! REGISTRATION is mandatory for this event

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Early Bird till the 16th of Dec: 20% discount
Likuid Members: 20% discount
Female/Social Entrepreneurs (Locals Only): 50% discount
Join for a one day workshop where we unchain the collective wisdom and creativity

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Join for a one day workshop where we unchain the collective wisdom and creativity to help each other having a more productive digital nomad new year and build better cooperations for teamwork.

During this peer to peer learning session you can share your experiences to help others and learn from other practitioners. Together, dive into the most painful problems and brainstorm on solutions. It’s for you if you resonate with some of these questions:

How do I integrate work, life and travel?
How do I keep motivated to achieve?
How do I keep engaged with a client?
How do I manage my time and energy?
How do I get clients?
How do I find people to collaborate with?
How to deal with time differences?
How can I make human interactions with slack profiles?
How to set realistic goals in constantly changing environment?
What are the best tools & methods for productivity?
What’s the secret of aligned teams?
What are the best skills for a digital nomad?

ABOUT THE METHOD:
“We create space for meaningful conversations, experimental and peer to peer learning. Nothing frontal, no preaching. But space for your very unique questions.”

ABOUT THE HOST:
Kitti is a digital nomad herself and a marketing consultant for innovative companies and early stage startups. She is a conversation ambassador for tedxdanubia, hosted meaningful conversations on ideas worth spreading. In the past years she worked in self organized teams, practiced facilitation, joined peer to peer networks, decentralized teams and cocreated a collective of freelancers. She is a cofounder of a sustainability startup that just secured its first round of investment. Worked as a mentor for many startups, and in the meantime she visited more than 15 countries.

Are you a Sri Lankan female entrepreneur or a local social business? Reach out for your discounted tickets!

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Karthik ( Associate Director, DTCC & Co-organiser of Hyperledger Chennai Meetup) will be here for the 2nd Hyperledger meetup.
He will share his experience with Hyperledger and Business application of Blockchain